Interaction analysis and identity co-construction: Down the methodological rabbit hole
Abstract
Individualistic orientation in psychology and a reliance on statistical analysis
contributed to the lack of methodological resources for empirical research of processual and
relational phenomena. Qualitative methods helped, but what is still omitted are the studies
of interaction, which would explore the in-vivo microgenetic process of individual identity
co-construction in social interaction. Thus, sociocultural psychologists’ assumptions
regarding identity development were impossible to investigate, and this state was
reproduced in the “Big story” narrative approach. The solution offers the “Small story”
approach, utilising the methods of neighbouring disciplines, which we further adapted for
psychology. This workshop aims to present a methodological framework consisting of 3
levels of interaction analysis, suitable for empirically exploring the process of reality and
identity co-construction. In the first part of the workshop, participants will be acquainted
with the anal...ytical levels 1 and 2 – conversation and discourse analysis, which involves
mapping the discursive strategies that social actors use to demonstrate affiliation and to
impose their own version of reality. In the second part, we continue with the analytical level
3 – positioning analysis and membership categorization analysis, aimed at determining
which identity positions are made available by the strategies employed and a reality version
constructed. Participants will, first in pairs, and then through reflective exchange with the
rest of the group, thoroughly practise the application of these analytical resources on a
plethora of concrete examples. Finally, there will be a demonstration on how to integrate
interaction analysis with the “Big story” narrative analysis, focusing on how social actors
co-construct a shared narrative about a relevant event, while at the same time maintaining
an individual version, not necessarily aligned with the shared one. We will discuss the
suitability of the presented methodological framework for psychological research and the
theoretical implications of the findings for the understanding of individual identity.
Keywords:
narrative psychology / identity co-construction / qualitative methodology / discourse analysis / positioning analysisSource:
Book of abstracts - 19th International Conference Days of Applied Psychology, Niš, Serbia, September 29th-30th, 2023Publisher:
- University of Niš: Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology
Funding / projects:
- 451-03-47/2023-01/200163
Note:
- This research was funded by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation of the Republic of Serbia (Contract. No. 451-03-47/2023-01/200163)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46630/adpp.2023
Cobiss ID: 125959177
ISBN: 978-86-7379-629-1
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - CONF AU - Grbić, Sanja AU - Vračar, Selena PY - 2023 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4915 AB - Individualistic orientation in psychology and a reliance on statistical analysis contributed to the lack of methodological resources for empirical research of processual and relational phenomena. Qualitative methods helped, but what is still omitted are the studies of interaction, which would explore the in-vivo microgenetic process of individual identity co-construction in social interaction. Thus, sociocultural psychologists’ assumptions regarding identity development were impossible to investigate, and this state was reproduced in the “Big story” narrative approach. The solution offers the “Small story” approach, utilising the methods of neighbouring disciplines, which we further adapted for psychology. This workshop aims to present a methodological framework consisting of 3 levels of interaction analysis, suitable for empirically exploring the process of reality and identity co-construction. In the first part of the workshop, participants will be acquainted with the analytical levels 1 and 2 – conversation and discourse analysis, which involves mapping the discursive strategies that social actors use to demonstrate affiliation and to impose their own version of reality. In the second part, we continue with the analytical level 3 – positioning analysis and membership categorization analysis, aimed at determining which identity positions are made available by the strategies employed and a reality version constructed. Participants will, first in pairs, and then through reflective exchange with the rest of the group, thoroughly practise the application of these analytical resources on a plethora of concrete examples. Finally, there will be a demonstration on how to integrate interaction analysis with the “Big story” narrative analysis, focusing on how social actors co-construct a shared narrative about a relevant event, while at the same time maintaining an individual version, not necessarily aligned with the shared one. We will discuss the suitability of the presented methodological framework for psychological research and the theoretical implications of the findings for the understanding of individual identity. PB - University of Niš: Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology C3 - Book of abstracts - 19th International Conference Days of Applied Psychology, Niš, Serbia, September 29th-30th T1 - Interaction analysis and identity co-construction: Down the methodological rabbit hole DO - https://doi.org/10.46630/adpp.2023 ER -
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Grbić, S.,& Vračar, S.. (2023). Interaction analysis and identity co-construction: Down the methodological rabbit hole. in Book of abstracts - 19th International Conference Days of Applied Psychology, Niš, Serbia, September 29th-30th University of Niš: Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Psychology.. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.46630/adpp.2023
Grbić S, Vračar S. Interaction analysis and identity co-construction: Down the methodological rabbit hole. in Book of abstracts - 19th International Conference Days of Applied Psychology, Niš, Serbia, September 29th-30th. 2023;. doi:https://doi.org/10.46630/adpp.2023 .
Grbić, Sanja, Vračar, Selena, "Interaction analysis and identity co-construction: Down the methodological rabbit hole" in Book of abstracts - 19th International Conference Days of Applied Psychology, Niš, Serbia, September 29th-30th (2023), https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.46630/adpp.2023 . .